NEW YORK — I have sometimes been described as a centrist. And I freely admit to believing that neither side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on wisdom or virtue....
When Super Bowl ads featuring hybrid dogs and half-naked celebrities hype the affordability of $49 X-rays and the convenience of 24/7 angioplasty clinics, we’ll know we’...
The recent Congressional Budget Office report on health-care reform has lots of good news. Insurance premiums are lower than anticipated, the Affordable Care Act will co...
WASHINGTON — Groundhog Day isn’t just a movie.
Here it is early 2014 — still almost three years away from a new presidency — but it’s high time to mention that Hillary C...
In an effort to cut costs, many insurers in the new state health insurance exchanges are offering plans with “narrow networks” that include fewer doctors and hospitals —...
Bill Gates wants you to feel much better about the future of mankind. Things are looking up, he says, way up.
“By almost any measure, the world is better than it has eve...
It was a telling dialogue last week during the Harmony borough council meeting, between council member Don Sims and business owner Josh Meeder, regarding proposed bylaws...
WASHINGTON — Something strange is happening in Washington. We are slowly dismantling the federal government, even as its spending is growing larger.
The paradox is that ...
Environmentalists have made the Keystone XL Pipeline project a litmus test for President Barack Obama and anyone else with an opinion on climate change.
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In 1995, I flew into the Caucasus on a Russian transport plane taking medical personnel back to the front in the province of Chechnya. This was the first of Moscow's two...
